I never have seen the correllation between a modeler and a
nerd/geek. Sure we had some in the club who never ventured out of
their bedroom in daylight, never bathed, lived on Dorrito's and Mt.Dew,
and built nothing but vinyl models of dark lords and women with
over-sized busts. Then again, they also lived in a comic book
world and were more than geeky, for instead of a pocket protector, they
would wear a shrunken head around their neck and carried a sword,
they were just weird. The rest of us were MVP footbal players,
members in rock bands, fighter pilots and KC135 tanker crew members,
motorcycle and stockcar racers, politicians, nurses, bartenders,
construction workers, and engineers.
Now I do get the quizitive looks when people come to my house and see
my models and my dungeon that is my workshop, but more out of interest
and respect than a sense of "boy, he's in a far off world". I
guess I do not show as compulsive/obsessive attitude that sterotypes
the personna of geek/nerd. Maybe I am a closet case?
I also do RC planes and rockets, the later, no thanks to all the old Estes adds and
Model Rocketry showing kids with BC glasses and pocket protectors, will never erase the image of rocketeer = geek.
Scott